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Kinetic and theoretical studies on alkaline ethanolysis of 4-nitrophenyl salicylate: Effect of alkali metal ions on reactivity and mechanism
- Title
- Kinetic and theoretical studies on alkaline ethanolysis of 4-nitrophenyl salicylate: Effect of alkali metal ions on reactivity and mechanism
- Authors
- Um I.-H.; Seo J.-A.; Mishima M.
- Ewha Authors
- 엄익환
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 엄익환
- Issue Date
- 2011
- Journal Title
- Chemistry - A European Journal
- ISSN
- 0947-6539
- Citation
- Chemistry - A European Journal vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 3021 - 3027
- Indexed
- SCI; SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Pseudo-first-order rate constants (k obsd) for reactions of 4-nitrophenyl salicylate (7) with alkali metal ethoxides (EtOM, M=K, Na, and Li) in anhydrous ethanol have been measured spectrophotometrically. Interestingly, the k obsd value decreases significantly as the concentration of EtOM increases. Because the phenolic moiety of substrate 7 would be deprotonated and exist as an anionic form (i.e., 7 -) under kinetic conditions, the ground-state stabilization of 7 - through formation of a six-membered cyclic complex with M + (i.e., 8) is proposed to be responsible for the decreasing k obsd trend. The k obsd value at a given concentration of EtOK increases steeply upon addition of [18]crown-6 ether (18C6) up to [18C6]/[EtOK]=1 in the reaction mixture and then remains relatively constant thereafter. In contrast, k obsd decreases upon addition of salts (e.g., LiClO 4 or KSCN) to the reaction mixture, which indicates that M + ions inhibit the reaction. However, in the presence of 18C6, the k obsd value is independent of the concentration of EtOK but remains constant, which indicates that the reaction proceeds through a unimolecular mechanism in the presence of the complexing agent. Although two conceivable unimolecular pathways (formation of ketene 9 and lactone 10) can account for the kinetic results, the reaction has been concluded to proceed via formation of ketene 9 as the reactive intermediate on the basis of theoretical calculations. © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
- DOI
- 10.1002/chem.201002692
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